Lamp-igniter.



L. D. VAUGHN & T. MILLER.

LAMP IGNITER.

APPLIQATION FILED APR. 11, 1914.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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' LORENZO D. VAUGHN AND THEODQBE MILLER, 0F GRAFTON, VIRGINIA.

mmmmmm Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed April 11, 1914. Serial No. 831,176.

To all whom it'maz concern:

Be it known that we, LORENZO D. VAUGHN and THEODORE MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Grafton, in the county of Taylor and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Igniters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lamp igniters, and has for its principal object to provide an attachment which is arranged to be securedto a miners safety lamp.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment which is arranged to house the upper end of the wick of a lamp and confine the sparks given off by the igniter, within the housing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a safety lamp which may be ignited without the use of matches or any other similar igniter. I

A still further object of the invention is to provide a shield or housing to prevent the sparks from the igniter, from flying above theglobe of the lamp and lodging against thegauze.

With these and other, objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which willbe fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a lamp font showing the igniter as it would appear applied thereto, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety a lamp font which is formed of a cylindrical piece of metal 2, having the bottom 3. A suitable top 4; is secured at the end of the cylindrical portion opposite the bottorfi and is provided with the wick tube receiving aperture 5, the use of which will appear as the descriptionproceeds. The wick tube 6 carrying the wick 7 is adapted to extend through the tube receiving aperture 5 and hold the wick in the proper position in the lamp.

A suitable aperture 4 near the wick tube receiving aperture 5 and is arranged to aline with the aperture 9 and cooperate therewith in holding the 8 is formed inthe top extending portion 14 having formed therein asuit'able aperture 15 for the reception of the tube 16 in which the igniting material 17 is housed. A suitable spring 18 is also held within the housing 16 and arrangedto exert pressure against the igniting material 17 to hold the same firmly against the toothed wheel 19 which is rotatably mounted between the parallel arms 20 which are formed integral with the tube 16 hereinbefore described. These arms 20 are provided with the apertures 21 near their ends, which are arranged to receive the reduced end 22 of the shaft 23 which extends through the tube 10 and is arranged to rotate when the device is in use. Secured to the shaft near the reduced portion 22 is a suitable ratchet wheel 24 which is arranged to cooperate with the pawl 25 to prevent the shaft 23 from rotating in a reverse direction. The end of the shaft 23 opposite the reduced portion 22 is provided with the reduced'squared portion 26 which is arranged to extend into the squared aperture formed in the end of the thumb piece 27 as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

A suitable housing designated generally by the numeral 28 is secured to the frame 12 of the igniter, and comprises the sheet metal body portion 29 having the wick receiving aperture 30 formed therein, through which the upper end of the wick 7 extends when the device is in use.

I It will be evident from the foregoing that in use the thumb piece 27 is placed in position on the rectangular extension 26 and forced upwardly so the end of the wick tube is below the upper wall of the housing. Upon rotating thev said thumb piece 27 the sparks made by the contact of the wheel 19 with the igniting material 17 will fly horizontally and ignite the end of the wick 7, thus causing the same to ignite. also be apparent that in the use of the housing 28, the sparks will be confined to the interior of the housing, and any danger It will of the sparks flying above the globe of the lamp and lodging against the gauze, will be r claim:

An igniter for miners lamps including the vcombination with a lamp font, a wick tube extending into the lamp .-font,'and an igniter tube extending through the lamp font, of a clip, a hook on the endof the clip arranged to engage the wick tube and be slidable thereon to hold the clipin proper position with relation to the wick, a shaft arranged to extend through the igniter tube, igniting means operatively mounted on the shaft, and a hood surrounding the shaft and the wick tube, said hood, clip, and igniter adapted to be raised above the wick tube to cause the sparks from the igniter to be directed againstv the Wick. p

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

LORENZOD. VAUGHN. 1

. THEODORE MILLER.

Witnesses: Y

A. J. MASON, GnF. MILLER.

Copies'of this patentv may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

